Chennai hosts fourth 'International Conference on Sexology'.Byline: ANI Chennai, Feb 16 (ANI): Nearly 600 delegates from 20 countries attended the fourth 'International Conference on Sexology' in Chennai. The main objective of the two-day seminar, held from February 14-15, was to deliberate over current health concerns of India and also the need to openly address the highly stigmatized sexual issues. "Discrimination is a very big problem and it has been there for ages especially towards the sexual minorities. But now when we are facing the HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. epidemic, we have to be much more open minded. Besides, we cannot hide and we do not have the luxury to simply wait and deny," said Giorgi Pkhakadze, a programme specialist, HIV/AIDS, United Nations. Apart from addressing common sexual problems, experts also laid stress on developing healthy attitude towards same gender sex, transgender population, HIV/AIDS, and STD (Subscriber Trunk Dialing) Long distance dialing outside of the U.S. that does not require operator intervention. STD prefix codes are required and billing is based on call units, which are a fixed amount of money in the currency of that country. diseases. The conference, organised by Chennai based Akash fertility Hospital, also addressed sexual problems among females and spread of HIV/AIDS among children and adults. "This year, we are focusing mainly on female sexuality and female sexual problems. Actually, we generally forget that females have sexual problems and that needs to be addressed. This year, we are focusing on that aspect. What all problems they are facing and how to correct it and also to prevent the spread of HIV among children and adults other things," said Kamaraj, a sexologist from Chennai. Sex in India is still considered a taboo and people often shy away from Verb 1. shy away from - avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task; "I shy away from this task" avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" talking on the issue. Today, India has the second largest population of HIV infected population in the world. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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